Flyby target of a spacecraft – IOTA/ES

Flyby target of a spacecraft Jupiter Trojans - predicted by the ERC Lucky Star project Special Event

2026 Aug 23 ~02:30 UT: (617) Patroclus occults UCAC4 616-022201 (15.4 mag)

2026-08-02

Binary Jupiter Trojan! Target of NASA’s Lucy mission! Very faint star! Last update: 2026 Aug 02 Occult Watcher Cloud: https://cloud.occultwatcher.net/event/2060-617-77041-650084-U022201 Prediction Lucky Star project (2026 Jan 12) for Patroclus: https://lesia.obspm.fr/lucky-star/occ.php?p=173473…

Flyby target of a spacecraft Jupiter Trojans - predicted by the ERC Lucky Star project Special Event

2026 Aug 23 ~02:30 UT: (617) Menoetius occults UCAC4 616-022201 (15.4 mag)

2026-08-02

Binary Jupiter Trojan! Target of NASA’s Lucy mission! Very faint star! Last update: 2026 Aug 02 Occult Watcher Cloud: https://cloud.occultwatcher.net/event/2060-617-77041-650084-U022201 Prediction Lucky Star project (2026 Jan 12) for Menoetius: https://lesia.obspm.fr/lucky-star/occ.php?p=173641…

Flyby target of a spacecraft Near Earth Asteroids - Call for Observations by the ACROSS Team Past Event Special Event

2026 Jun 16 ~21:03 UT: (65803) Didymos occults UCAC4 337-081684 (10.9 mag)

2026-05-25

Apollo asteroid! Target of the DART and HERA missions! Extreme short max. duration of only 0.07 s! Last update: 2026 May 25, Occult Watcher Cloud: https://cloud.occultwatcher.net/event/1992-65803-235029-646569-U081684

Flyby target of a spacecraft Near Earth Asteroids - Call for Observations by the ACROSS Team Past Event Special Event

2026 Apr 27 ~02:35 UT: (65803) Didymos occults UCAC4 338-104468 (15.7 mag)

2026-04-15

Apollo asteroid! Target of the DART and HERA missions! Very faint star! Short max. duration of only 0.41 s! Last update: 2026 Apr 15, Occult Watcher Cloud: https://cloud.occultwatcher.net/event/1942-65803-249499-646589-U104468

Flyby target of a spacecraft Near Earth Asteroids - Call for Observations by the ACROSS Team Past Event

2026 Apr 16 ~00:26 UT: (65803) Didymos occults UCAC4 339-098595 (13.6 mag)

2026-03-28

Apollo asteroid! Target of the DART and HERA missions! Short max. duration of only 0.35 s! Last update: 2026 Mar 28, Occult Watcher Cloud: https://cloud.occultwatcher.net/event/1931-65803-249472-646601-U098595

Flyby target of a spacecraft Past Event Planetary Moons Special Event

2026 Apr 12 ~00:11 UT: (P5M44) Kallichore occults UCAC4 561-040971 (12.5 mag)

2026-04-03

Kallichore is a satellite of Jupiter and a flyby target of ESA’s mission JUICE! Yücel Kılıç, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), wrote on Planoccult on Mar 30: Following a…

Flyby target of a spacecraft Main-Belt Asteroids Past Event

2026 Mar 20 ~22:20 UT: (16) Psyche occults UCAC4 553-013033 (13.8 mag)

2026-03-15

Target of the NASA’s Psyche mission! Faint mag drop of only 0.14 mag! Last update: 2026 Mar 15, Occult Watcher Cloud: https://cloud.occultwatcher.net/event/1904-16-73570-649293-U013033

Flyby target of a spacecraft Jupiter Trojans - predicted by the ERC Lucky Star project Past Event Special Event

2026 Feb 10 ~02:23 UT: (21900) Orus occults TYC 5510-00557-1 (11.9 mag)

2026-01-12

Jupiter Trojan! Target of NASA’s Lucy mission! Last update: 2026 Jan 16, Occult Watcher Cloud: https://cloud.occultwatcher.net/event/1866-21900-165614-647429-T00557-1 Prediction of the Lucky Star project (2025 Aug 21): https://lesia.obspm.fr/lucky-star/occ.php?p=157035 Prediction by SwRI (2023…

Flyby target of a spacecraft Jupiter Trojans - predicted by the ERC Lucky Star project Past Event Special Event

2026 Jan 22 ~21:01 UT: (617) Patroclus / Menoetius occult UCAC4 544-004619 (15.8 mag)

2026-01-14

Binary Jupiter Trojan! Target of NASA’s Lucy mission! Very faint star! Faint mag drop of only 0.7 mag! Max. duration: 15 s (Patroclus) and 12 s (Menoetius) J. Desmars (Lucky…

Flyby target of a spacecraft Jupiter Trojans - predicted by the ERC Lucky Star project Past Event Special Event

2026 Jan 04 ~22:40 UT: (617) Patroclus and Menoetius occult UCAC4 541-004490 (11.9 mag)

2025-12-30

Binary Jupiter Trojan! Target of NASA’s Lucy mission! Long max. duration events: 33 s (Patroclus) and 29 s (Menoetius) The map shows the latest prediction by Brain Keeney (SwRI) for…

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